A Call of Duty movie? Maybe

Posted Oct 6th 2009 11:00AM by John Callaham
Filed under: Culture, FPS, Multiplayer, Modern Warfare 2

When you have a game franchise as massive as Call of Duty, naturally someone is going to have the though of "Hey, maybe there's movie in there somewhere." Apparently the game's publisher Activision feels the same way as they have now trademarked the "Call of Duty" title for use in feature films.

The Trademork web site reports that Activision filed for the trademark on September 21 to use the Call of Duty title in "pre-recorded movies featuring comedy, drama, action, adventure, music, theatrical performances and/or animation." The first Call of Duty game was released by developer Infinity Ward in 2003 for the PC as a WWII shooter. However the series became a massive mainstream hit with the 2007 release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, set in the present day. It managed to sell 11 milllion copies. The direct sequel, Modern Warfare 2, has a shot of becoming the biggest selling game of 2009.

Tags: activision, activision-blizzard, call-of-duty, call-of-duty-modern-warfare-2, infinity-ward, modern-warfare-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

There is already a call of duty movie based on the first game or the game based on this.

Its called Band of BrothersPosted at 12:35PM on Oct 6th 2009 by ToonarmY

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